Pratab Ali (@prataba.bsky.social)

Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools Conservative governments spent £325m creating 67 free schools that subsequently failed or disappeared, many through lack of demand, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request. The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the government committed more than £10bn to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools, which critics say left England with a backlog of crumbling and decaying buildings. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/10/conservative-governments-free-schools-failed?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu